The 55th Shannon Irish Show is a spectacular dance showcase Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com On the eve of St. Patrick’s Day, the Catholic Women’s League of Shannon launched the cel- ebrations…
Annais Beaupré, seen here dancing at the Kitchen Party of the Shannon Irish Show with guitarist and singer Joe Lonergan in the background, will compete at the World Championships of Irish Dance in Glasgow, Scotland at the end of March and to the North American Irish Dancing Championships in Grapevine, Texas in early July. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) 
The Provisions Inc. grocery store on Avenue Cartier has been closed since January. (Photo by Peter Black from QCT archives) 
RTC president Maude Mercier Larouche has said she “deplores” the lack of funding for transit in the CAQ budget. (Photo by Peter Black from QCT archives) 
These “before and after” images show how the vast parking lot at Place Quatre-Bourgeois is to be transformed into a more green residential and commercial zone. (Image from Trudel Alliance) 
Members of the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec (FIQ), the province’s largest nurses’ union, protested in front of the Musée national des Beaux-Arts du Québec earlier this month before marching to the National Assembly. On March 23, the federation announced that it had reached an agreement-in-principle with the government after 15 months of negotiations and several days of non-continuous strikes. According to the FIQ, the tentative agreement includes a salary increase of 17.4 per cent, bonuses for “critical periods” during the summer and winter holidays and stricter rules around forced overtime, which “should only be used in emergencies.” The federation’s 80,000 members will vote on the agreement from April 10-12. “Our members will decide whether we accept [the agreement] or not,” FIQ president Julie Bouchard said in a statement. (RP-LJI) (Photo by Shirley Nadeau from QCT archives)